Owen Flanagan
Owen Flanagan (* 1949 ) is an American philosopher and has been a professor of philosophy and neuroscience at Duke University since 1993 . Flanagan's main area of work is the philosophy of the mind, and in particular the question of the self . In the context of this work he also includes Buddhist and Hindu conceptions, which u. a. led to an engagement at the Mind and Life Institute . With regard to the general theory of consciousness , Flanagan takes a naturalistic position, meaning that mental phenomena can be explained within the framework of a materialistic conception.
Flanagan has also worked on ethics . From 1993 to 1994 Flanagan was President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology .
Works
- The Science of the Mind , Mass., MIT Press, 1984
- Varieties of Moral Personality: Ethics and Psychological Realism , Harvard, Harvard University Press, 1991
- Consciousness Reconsidered , Mass., MIT Press, 1992
- Self Expressions: Mind, Morals, and the Meaning of Life , Oxford University Press, 1996
- Dreaming Souls: Sleep, Dreams, and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind , Oxford, Oxford University, 1999
- The Bodhisattva's Brain - Buddhism Naturalized , Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 2011, ISBN 9780262525206
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SURNAME | Flanagan, Owen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |